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CD-i FAQ 2000 Edition Revised February 21, 2001
Latest version and more CD-i info: http://www.icdia.org
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11.6 What books have been published about CD-i?
A number books have been published in the past couple of years covering CD-i's technical
features and the ways it can be used. This list is by no means complete. Check with your books
reseller or the publisher to see if you can get hold of a copy.
• Introducing CD-I
Addison-Wesley, 1992
• The CD-I Design Handbook
Addison-Wesley, 1992
• The CD-I Production Handbook
Addison-Wesley, 1992
• CD-I, A Designer's Overview
Kluwer, Second Edition 1988
• Discovering CD-I
Microware Systems Corp., 1991
• The Producer's Handbook of Multimedia Authoring for CD-I
Philips Interactive Media Systems, 1992
• The Producer's Handbook for Multimedia Authoring on CD-I
Philips Interactive Media Centre, Second Edition 1995
• CD-i, Een Introductie (Dutch)
Kluwer, 1992
11.7 Where can I find CD-i related information on the Internet?
There are a couple of very good websites dedicated to CD-i. At first of course :-) there is the
www.icdia.org website. This site is the home of the CD-i FAQ 2000 Edition you are currently
reading. The latest version of this FAQ can always be found at this site. Furthermore, it provides
you with complete overviews of all CD-i players and accessories ever produced, it offers CD-i
related software downloads for use on PCs as well as on CD-i authoring systems, it contains
various background articles, software overviews and a lot more. Make sure you visit this one
when you are searching for any CD-i information. If your question is not answered here, don't
hesitate to contact the author.
Then, there are also a couple of other very good CD-i related sites. The French Planete
Numerique (at www.planete-numerique.com) is one of the most recognized sources for
correct information about CD-i and related platforms.
For a more detailed overview of CD-i websites, please refer to the CD-i Web Links section at
www.icdia.org.
11.8 What good alternatives are there for CD-i in the consumer area?
Well, if you want to play video games, you need a game console. If you want to watch movies,
you need to buy a VCR or DVD-player. If you want interactive reference titles, you'll probably
need a PC. If you want to view your family pictures on a large screen in the living room, you might
just need to turn to that goold old slide projector. And if you want to play music, use your CD-
player.
As you can see, no real alternative combining all of the features of CD-i has been introduced to
date, and certainly not in a standardized manner as with CD-i. The CD-i concept was rather
unique and far ahead of its time. Today, most linear video watching (and in the very near future
even recording) is vastly moving towards DVD-Video, which provides great image and audio
quality (notably surpassing that of CD-i and Video-CD). For video games, there are a few big
players, of which Sony with the PlayStation is one of the most important ones. A lot of
edutainment and reference titles, as well as very good kid's titles have recently been published on